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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Governor Pritzker met with the mariachi band from Monday Night Football that made MAGA lose its mind earlier this week. Love to see it.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trump's economy in two headlines.
CNN Business: The US economy added just 29,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.2%. 

ABC News: Households will pay more for energy because of Trump's policy changes
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Artist Melinda @artistmelinda.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#GoodMorning from the garden butterflies. Find some beauty to offset the struggles today.
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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 01/10/2026
Don't just CHECK to make sure you're registered to vote —DOCUMENT IT! Depending on your state, the cutoff to register to vote in the 2026 U.S. Midterm elections may be coming up fast. Make sure you're registered before the cutoff, then take it a step further: document the proof.
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Artist Melinda @artistmelinda.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Some wise advice. youtube.com/shorts/QJYbb...
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Let things be 👉 IG:@robdialjr #selflove #selfdevelopment #motivation #personalgrowth
YouTube video by The Mindset Mentor Podcast
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h
First Lady Natalie Harp returns to the White House late last night after traveling all day with the president #TravelWithNatalie (Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty)
pic of Natalie walking, bag in hand
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
CSPAN: “We should mention that Senator Schmitt was supposed to appear on this program with Sen. Coons but he pulled out the day after that hearing.”
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I missed this in the Constitution.
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Haters_gonna_hate (Princess Kim K) @princesskim.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If you can pledge to any one of this pups- it’s appreciated !
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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This High Schooler Invented a Plant-Based Plastic That Removes Microplastics From the Environment as It Biodegrades
Eighteen-year-old Arya Satheesh created her award-winning Eco Purge to help address the global problem of plastic pollution
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: 18-year-old Arya Satheesh from Ireland has developed a plant-based plastic that can biodegrade and release an enzyme that helps break down other plastic waste. A plastic that could actually help clean up plastic waste.
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Artist Melinda @artistmelinda.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#GoodMorning from the Old Pueblo. Have a peaceful and safe day.
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Grampa Jody @jodywagner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A Positive News Story of the Day. 😁
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12-yo's Annual 'Diaper Drive' Delivers 30,000 Diapers Off at Arizona Food Bank
It was the proceeds of 12-year-old Sloan's 5th annual "Diaper Drive," an event she has been organizing since she was just 7
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“We have basically cut off or severely limited every pipeline that we have for … welcoming foreign-born workers,” said one eldercare leader. “We don’t have a sort of ready supply of U.S.-born individuals who are clamoring to work in aging services, and that’s not a new issue.” #EndtheICETax
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Federal immigration policy shifts may be worsening Wisconsin's caregiver shortage
This story was produced and originally published by Wisconsin Watch, a nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom. Americans are getting older. In 2025, nearly 19% of the U.S. population was over 65, and ...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Q: You described the Iranians you're dealing with as 'crazy.' How do you get a deal done with the counterparts are crazy and irrational? TRUMP: Maybe you blow them up. Maybe you blow them up. We have to make that decision. We blow them up. The time is coming.
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Artist Melinda @artistmelinda.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Gosh, I love otters. Aren't they the best?
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Artist Melinda @artistmelinda.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Wow. I'm impressed. This is important to see and support. Netanyahu is a war criminal and a terrorist. Like Putin.
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Artist Melinda @artistmelinda.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
What is this? I mean, what. the. hell. is. this?! Patel is heading to Moscow in October?? Before the Midterms. Before anything we know about. www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
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Kash Patel Gets a Warning From Moscow About His Russia Visit
FBI Director Kash Patel has been given a not-so-subtle message about his supposed plans for a trip to Russia as a Kremlin-friendly newspaper advised him to come bearing gifts. Moskovsky Komsomolets, o...
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Artist Melinda @artistmelinda.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is part of their plan, isn't it? Protect their own no matter what? My hope is that this monster is convicted in other cases. He does not belong to be free.
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Artist Melinda @artistmelinda.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Let your religion be love. #Sunday #Talarico youtube.com/shorts/WJ02N...
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James Talarico: “show me how you treat other people, and I will tell you what you believe.”
YouTube video by James Talarico
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skymom.bsky.social @skymom.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Yesterday I sat in an auditorium full of Mexican Americans to watch a beautiful presentation of folk dances passed down for generations. I wondered how many of their lives would be destroyed by ICE and this hateful regime, while asking myself why anyone would target certain populations with cruelty.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Per his lawyer, Blanche has produced to the judge the unredacted handwritten FBI interview notes of a victim who alleges sexual & physical abuse by Felon Trump. Here's the latest, incl. Blanche’s attempts to get a stay from the appeals court for foreign language documents. youtu.be/IEhnvAhlitw?...
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🚨AG Blanche ADMITS He TURNED OVER UNREDACTED Epstein Files In MY Lawsuit!?!
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Kate has good details here about the corrupt Court's latest outrageous decision. But also what it does and what it doesn't. states can only use this in a pretty limited way for the next 90 days. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme...
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Supreme Court Lets Trump Use Beefed-Up Citizenship Verification System That Could Hurt Eligible Voters
The Supreme Court on Friday let the Trump administration use its newly-expanded...
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2kerig.bsky.social @2kerig.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's already pretty obvious what Xi thinks of the Orange Chicken here
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I think of the climate harm AI poses the same way: the threats are not theoretical or in the future, but unfolding all around us now.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/09/2026
He says that what he's doing in Gaza is the "opposite of a genocide," and that we should all be ashamed of ourselves for inverting victim and aggressor.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Have any US farmers gotten any of that cheap Belarus potash yet that Trump promised you? Maybe call the Republican you elected to Congress and see if they can help you out with that.
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Artist Melinda @artistmelinda.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Heads up.
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Jan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H. @drjanicekirsch.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Enforce Quarantines for Cases A passenger with measles passed through at least six counties on Amtrak – Alameda, Butte, Kern, Los Angeles, Sacramento and San Joaquin – while making multiple transfers. www.ktvu.com/news/califor...
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California health department notifies of measles exposure from unvaccinated Amtrak passenger
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is urging residents to get their measles vaccination after notifying the public of an exposure from an Amtrak passenger who traveled on the rail syste...
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Trump’s obsession with these vulgar memorials to his own vanity is a reminder of the darkness around him, of his hostility to democracy, his loathing of honor, and his disordered mind. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Trump’s Monumental Obsession
The president fantasizes about a capital city full of memorials—to himself.
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Roy Edroso @edroso.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Amazing how thoroughly "Tesla driver" is now recognized as a synonym for "piece of shit."
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Newshound411 @newshound411.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
We’re not being governed, we’re being looted! 👇 👇 👇 👇
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/09/2026
Natalie Harp and her gigantic bag return to the White House last night #travelwithNatalie (Reuters/Anna Rose Layden)
pic of Harp walking toward the White House with a huge ass bag
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 20/09/2026
AI kills children. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School
Pentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab.
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Louise @louiseplease.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
They had to get kicked out of the WH to publish that poll. I knew that his 1st term.
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Ms. Misanthrope 🇺🇸 @lilmsmisanthrope.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Rep. Thomas Massie is one signature away from forcing a new Epstein files vote. He says DOJ continues to "unlawfully withhold over 3 million Epstein files that should be released to the public." Speaker Johnson canceled two House workweeks Massie says were meant to stop him.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
We really are getting into 'The Death of Stalin' and "Der Untergang' ('Downfall') territory.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
SCOTUS will soon consider the legality of bans on assault weapons under 2nd Amendment. The hypocrisy of originalism will be on display when we consider what an “arm” was in 1789 — a one-shot musket. The Bill of Rights is not a suicide pact. Gift article: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/u...
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Tracking Assault Weapons Bans Across the Country as Court Battles Continue (Gift Article)
Here are the states that have sought to limit access to some of the most lethal firearms, as gun restrictions face new legal challenges.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Jesus Christ, this article will enrage you like nothing else
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Tesla driver charged with murdering 2 in San Jose shows no remorse, prosecutors say
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) — When Ivana Balistreri and her baby were trapped inside a “fireball,” a Tesla driver who had just crashed into the victims’ car on Highway 87 in San…
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Why do we need to build a massive triumphal arch for sniper ammo and drones? We don’t have any place else that those can be stored?
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WutTheWut😵‍💫 RBroeck🗳️💙 @wutthewut.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
PO1135809 is a lame fuck president. Oh, and also a traitor.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
And a malignant narcissist is a narcissist who ends up trying to destroy everything he hasn’t contributed to and isn’t entitled to. ht: @narceducator.bsky.social
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ExamineYourZipper 🌊🇺🇸🦅🇨🇦🍁🇺🇦🌻🇵🇸🍉 @cidbarret85.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
They all knew ahead of time who he is...
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Following the example of their dear leader, they just make shit up.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Every response from Republicans when you asked them about one of Trump's latest abuses of power is to lie about Joe Biden. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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DavidP @davidp-p.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This should be an ad for every D candidate everywhere:
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The entire Epstein regime needs to be removed and thrown in prison while they await their trials.
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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is so insane I cannot believe this is real. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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